Combining multiple layers together can be a powerful way to display different sources of related content side-by-side. These are known as dashboards and can give an at-a-glance view of the status of a complex design, project or system.
Creating a Simple Dashboard
This section will describe creating a simple dashboard consisting of 4 WebViews pointing to news channels.
Press the Add Content button and select New > WebView. Repeat this 3 more times so that you have 4 WebViews.
For Layer1, set the URL to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news . In the Geometry tab, set the Aspect Ratio to ‘Container’ and Resize Mode to ‘Scale to fit h’. Set the Position Mode to ‘Lock to Region’ and set the Layout and Region to ‘Default Layout’ and ‘Region 1’. This will move the WebView to one of the preset regions and ensure it resizes to fill the space.
Repeat the above settings for the other 3 layers using the following names, urls and regions:
Weather, http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather, Region 2
Sport, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport, Region 3
Technology, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology, Region 4
Once completed, save all the WebViews into a single session, called ‘News Dashboard'.
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